Why Ethiopia's Amhara militiamen are battling the army - BBC
WEB15 August 2023. AFP. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has found himself at the centre of a new conflict - this time in the vitally important Amhara region that marshalled its troops to help...
Aid workers risk death and kidnap in Ethiopia’s troubled Amhara …
WEB23 hours ago · In Amhara, by contrast, humanitarian workers say the government is currently allowing the movement of aid deliveries. However, human rights groups are documenting multiple abuses by government forces in Amhara, including arbitrary detention, massacres, and the killing of civilians in drone strikes.
Amhara conflict: Ethiopians massacred in their homes by ... - BBC
WEBFeb 13, 2024 · At least 45 civilians were killed in door-to-door raids by Ethiopian troops last month in the northern town of Merawi, the country's human rights watchdog says. Witnesses told the BBC a pregnant...
What’s behind the crisis in Ethiopia’s Amhara region? A simple …
WEBAug 10, 2023 · Fierce fighting broke out last week in Ethiopia’s northern Amhara region, just nine months after the end of a devastating two-year war in the neighbouring Tigray region.
Ethiopian forces killed ‘at least 45 citizens’ in Amhara, rights body ...
WEB13 Feb 2024. Ethiopia’s federal security forces killed at least 45 civilians in a massacre in Amhara state in late January, the independent state-affiliated Ethiopian Human Rights Commission...
Ethiopia unrest: Sudden arrest of 4,000 spells fear in Amhara - BBC
WEBMay 27, 2022 · The clampdown against armed groups in the giant Amhara region has seen the arrest of more than 4,000 people in recent days, including militia members, politicians, journalists, and a key military...
Conflict in Ethiopia's Amhara kills dozens, rights body says
WEBOct 30, 2023 · Dozens of civilians have been killed this month by drone strikes and house-to-house searches in Ethiopia's Amhara region, where authorities have touted security gains since conflict erupted in...
Ethiopia declares state of emergency following clashes in Amhara
WEBAug 4, 2023 · Ethiopia’s federal government on Friday declared a state of emergency following days of clashes in the Amhara region between the military and local armed fighters.
Fighting in Ethiopia's Amhara kills at least 183, UN says
WEBAug 29, 2023 · Fighting between Ethiopia's military and militiamen in the Amhara region has killed at least 183 people, the UN human rights office said on Tuesday, providing the most comprehensive independent...
Ethiopia's government says it lost control of some areas in the Amhara …
WEBAug 7, 2023 · NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s federal government says it lost control of some districts and towns to militia fighters in the country’s Amhara region during the latest conflict emerging in Africa’s second most populous nation.
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